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Welcome to AP Music Theory!

I am looking forward to working with you next year. Please complete theAP Music Theory review packet this summer. Students will receive agrade for completion of the packet and should be prepared to discuss thematerial during the first few days of class.

Before beginning the AP Music Theory curriculum, students should be ableto:

• identify and notate notes in treble"bass, alto, and tenor clef• identify and notate all major and minor key signatures• identify and notate all major and minor (3 forms) scales• identify and construct major, minor, diminished, and augmentedtriads

• identify and label triads with Roman numerals and inversionSYmbols

• identify cadences• identify Ron-chord tones

Information about the AP Music Theory exam can be found online atwww.collegeboard.com.

AP Music Theory requires students to have exceptional listening and ear-training skills. Please use the links on my classroom website to review andimprove your ear-training skills.

Have a wonderful summer! Feel free to contact me if you have questions.

--Mrs. Zolnowski (szolnowski@lancaster.wnyric.org)

Music Theory Scale Review ~arne: ___

1. Write the letter names of these notes in tenor clef

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2. Draw these whole notes in treble clef

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B E A G B C F D F E G

3. Write the letter names of these notes in alto clef

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4. Draw these quarter notes in bass clef

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G A D E C F B G C F E

5. Write the order of flats '

6. Write the order of sharps _..7. Write the pattern of a major scale --,- --,- '

8, Label the following major key signatures.

9. Write the D major scale ascending and descending in quarter notes.

;f------ _10. Write the Ab major scale ascending and descending in half notes.1\'T/il

fl'1J.....v11. Write theB major scale ascending and descending inwhole notes.

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12. Write the Fmajor scale ascending and descending in quarter notes.

13. Write the Eb major scale ascending and descending inwhole notes .

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14. Write the A major scale ascending and descending in half notes.

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LESSON 73RELATIVE MINOR KEY SIGNATURES

NATURAL MINORAll major keys have a relative minor key which uses the same key signature. The key toneof the minor key is a minor third, or 3 half steps, below the key tone of its relative major.

C Major down a minor 3rdfrom C is A

A Minor A minor and C major bothhave the same key signature.

The natural minor scale uses the key signature of the relative major scale.

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1. Write the name, key signature, and key tone of the relative minor of the following major keys,

Major Key Minor Key Key Tone

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C

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2. Write the A natural minor scale.

3. Write the 0 natural minor scale.

4. Write the E natural minor scale.

LESSON 74HARMONIC MINOR

The harmonic minor is the most commonly usedminor scale in Western music. It is basedon the natural minor, but the 7th scale degree is raised 112step.

A Natural Minor A Harmonic Minor

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Write the following harmonic minor scales. First write the relative major key signature.Then write the natural minor scale. Then raise the 7th scale degree V2 step.

1. 0 Harmonic Minor

2. EHarmonic Minor

3. G Harmonic Minor

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4. C Harmonic Minor

LESSON 75MELODIC MINOR

The melodic minor scale is different ascending and descending. Ascending, the 6th and7th degreesof the natural minor scale are raised V2 step; descending, the natural form ofthe minor is used (both accidentals are cancelled).

A Melodic Minor

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Write the ascending and descending form of the following melodic minor scales. Firstwrite the relative major key signature. Then write the natural minoJ scale ascending anddescending. Then raise the 6th and 7th scale degrees ascending and return them to theiroriginal form descending.

1. 0 Melodic Minor

2. G Melodic Minor

3. CMelodic Minor

4. EMelodic Minor

LESSON 76REVIEW OF LESSONS 73-75

1, The key tone of a relative minor scale is a minor below the key tone ofits relative major scale.

2. The minor scale uses the key signature of the relative majorscale without any accidentals.

3. The harmonic minor scale raises the scale degree of a naturalminor scale step.

4. The minor is different ascending and descending.

5. The ascending version of the melodic minor scale raises the __, and scale degrees step.

6. The descending version of the minor scale is the same as the_______________ mmar.

Write the following scales:

7. A Melodic Minor (Ascending and Descending)

8. C Natural Minor

9. F# Harmonic Minor

10. B Melodic Minor (Ascending and Descending)

LESSON 51CHROMATIC INTERVALS

If the upper note of an interval is not found in the major scale built on the lower note,it is called a CHROMATIC INTERVAL.If the upper note is V2step lower than a major interval, it is called a MINOR INTERVAL., <I &0 0 ~o

~~o &dJ :3 ~:3 e e e eMajor 2nd minor 2nd Major 3rd minor 3rd Major 6th minor 6th Major 7th minor 7th

If the upper note is 1h step lower than a minor or perfect interval, it is called aDIMINISHED INTERVAL.

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m2 dim2 m3 dim3 P4 dim4 P5 dim5 m6 dim6 m7 dim7 PB dimB(octave) (octave)

If the upper note is 1h step higher than a major or perfect interval, it is called anAUGMENTED INTERVAL., #0 #0 0 #0 <I

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PP aug P M2 aug 2 M3 aug 3 P4 aug4 P5 aug5 M6 aug 6 M7 aug 7 P8 aug8(octave) (octave)

1. Name the intervals indicated.

2, Write the note that completes the interval above the indicated note.

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3. Name the intervals indicated,

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LESSON 52REVIEW OF LESSONS 49-51

1. The term refers to the distance between two notes,

2. Intervals are counted from the note to the higher one,

3. If two notes are sounded simultaneously, they are called harm OVl /0 .4. If two notes are sounded in succession, they are called me'" odl- C:5. If the upper Qote of an interval is found in the major scale built on the lower note, it

is called a at~fL--tov]i0interval.6. If the upper note of an interval is not found in the major scale built on the lower note,

it is called a interval.

7. Name the intervals indicated.

8. Write the intervals indicated.

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9. Name the intervals indicated.

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10. Write the intervals indicated.

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LESSON 67OTHER CHORDS

AUGMENTED AND DIMINISHED

Any major triad can be made augmented by raising the fifth degree Yz step.

( Major Triad ( Augmented Triad C Augmented Triad

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Youcan~also const~uct major 3rd

augmented triads :::J major 3rdby interval.

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Any minor triad can .be made diminished by lowering the fifth degree 112step.

( Diminished Triad C Diminished Triad

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Youcan~also construct minor 3rd

. diminished triads . J minor 3rdby interval.

(Minor Triad

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1. Write the following augmented triads.

2. Write the following diminished triads.

3. Write the following triads.

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